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Pretty Lights Offers a Peek at His Next Album

Pretty Lights will release his new full-length album A Color Map of the Sun on July 2, 2013. In advance of the album’s release, Pretty Lights has made A Color Map of the Sun‘s first single, “Around the Block” available here. The track features Talib Kweli. The song is described as “a feel-good, summertime hip-hop jam. It’s all about slowing down and enjoying the best moments in life.”

Derek Vincent Smith, Pretty Lights’ mastermind, has also issued the following statement about his new album:

It has been 2 years, 5 months and 24 days since I last released a record. I am properly delighted to announce the release of my new full-length album “A Color Map of the Sun.” I began work on this album/project/experiment in February of 2011 and spent a year creating my own vinyl collection of everything I needed to produce the album I heard in my head. I spent the next year producing songs with homemade vinyl samples and a big crazy analog synth I built just for this album. It is truly Analog Electronica. It’s soulful electro hip-hop that went back in time to learn from the life of its smooth ass grandparents.

Fans can pre-order A Color Map of the Sun on vinyl, double-disc CD or various merchandise bundles here. The album will be available for download at no cost here.